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Due to the vastness of the house and its substantial upkeep it was difficult to find a family willing to occupy Apley Hall and so alternative uses were sought. In 1962 the house became a state secondary modern boarding school run by
Shropshire County Council and remained so until its closure in 1987.
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which ran through the Apley Park estate on the opposite bank of the river Severn. The railway opened in 1862 after the Severn Valley
Railway Company agreed to pay £14,000 compensation and £150 per acre for the land purchased, and also to provide a station at which at least two trains per day in each
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Apley Hall remained empty and suffered a great deal of deterioration and vandalism during the following 10 years and was listed on
English Heritages Buildings at Risk. in 1997 the house was bought by Neil Avery an entrepreneur and conservation specialist as a family home, the house was restored and
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ANNO 36 ELIZABETH. Monday next after the Feast of S. Ambrose, Bishop
Whitmore (William), haberdasher.—To George, William, and Thomas his sons he leaves the manor or lordship of Stockton, co. Salop, and his lands, tenements, &c., at Stockton, Apley, Hickford, Astley, and Norton, co. Salop, by
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in 1977, based on studying railway journeys and times. In 2003, Dr Daryl Lloyd and Dr Ian
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William Whitmore (d. 1593), a haberdasher of London. The will of William Whitmore, dated 6 August 1593 records:
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Buildings at Risk register. During 2003 the house was sold to specialist developers who have since divided the Hall into several self-contained apartments.
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Elizabeth, Anne, Margaret, Mary, "Francis," and Jane his daughters. Provision made against cutting off the
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